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1.This Article shall apply in addition to the rules on the inspection procedure laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008.
2.Inspectors from Member States shall carry a valid document of identity. They may take copies of any documents considered relevant.
3.Inspections shall be carried out in such a way that the third country fishing vessel suffers the minimum interference and inconvenience, and that degradation of the quality of the catch is avoided to the extent practicable.
4.On completion of the inspection, the vessel master shall be given the opportunity to add any comments or objections to the report and to contact the competent authority of the relevant port Member State in relation to the inspection report. The template for the inspection report is contained in Annex XII. A copy of the report shall be provided to the vessel master.
5.Within 12 working days following the date of completion of the inspection, the port Member State shall transmit to the Commission a copy of the inspection report referred to in Article 10(3) and Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 completed in accordance with Annex XII to this Regulation. The Commission shall forward the report to the SPRFMO Secretariat within 15 working days of the date of completion of the inspection.
6.If the inspection report cannot be transmitted to the Commission for forwarding to the SPRFMO Secretariat within 15 working days, the port Member State shall notify the Commission within sufficient time of the reasons for the delay and when the report will be submitted, in order to allow the Commission to inform the SPRFMO Secretariat within the period of 15 working days.